13F-HR
Form 13F Holdings Report
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year of Quarter Ended: March 31, 2013
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: First Foundation Advisors
Address: 18101 Von Karman Avenue
Suite 700
Irvine, CA 92612-1051
13F File Number: 28-05785
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized
to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and
complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedule, lists, and tables are considered integral parts of this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Gregory S. Bruce
Title: Chief Compliance Officer
Phone: 949-476-0300
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Gregory S. Bruce Irvine, California May 15, 2013
Report Type (Check only one.):
[ X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT.
[ ] 13F NOTICE.
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT.
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager.
FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 147
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $545932
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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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3M Co COM 88579y101 277 2610 SH SOLE 2610
AbbeVie Inc. COM 00287y109 1024 25105 SH SOLE 24505 600
Aberdeen Asia Pacific Inc Fd COM 003009107 143 18433 SH SOLE 18433
Accenture Ltd Cl A SHS CLASS A G1151C101 6219 81864 SH SOLE 70916 10948
Allergan Inc COM 018490102 213 1911 SH SOLE 1911
Altria Group Inc COM 02209s103 10566 307233 SH SOLE 277535 29698
Amercian Express COM 025816109 7563 112115 SH SOLE 102606 9509
American Realty Capital Prop COM 02917t104 55334 3771942 SH SOLE 3226768 545174
Amgen Inc COM 031162100 244 2377 SH SOLE 2377
Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA/NV SPONSORED ADR 03524a108 16035 161071 SH SOLE 143254 17817
Annaly Mortgage Management COM 035710409 193 12147 SH SOLE 12147
AON Corp SHS CL A g0408v102 15734 255842 SH SOLE 227188 28654
Apple Computer COM 037833100 2483 5608 SH SOLE 5366 242
Applied Materials Inc COM 038222105 866 64268 SH SOLE 59405 4863
AT&T COM 00206r102 1736 47306 SH SOLE 45606 1700
Bank of America Corp COM 060505104 192 15743 SH SOLE 15743
Bank Amer Corp Wt Exp 10/28/18 *W EXP 10/28/201 060505153 7 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Bank of New York Mellon COM 064058100 11793 421318 SH SOLE 377809 43509
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Cl A CL A 084670108 2188 14 SH SOLE 14
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Cl B CL B new 084670702 15869 152297 SH SOLE 134853 17444
Blackrock Build America Bond T SHS 09248x100 209 9290 SH SOLE 3250 6040
Blackrock Floating Rate Inc S COM 09255x100 773 47820 SH SOLE 43606 4214
Blackrock Floating Rate Inc T COM 091941104 203 12908 SH SOLE 12908
Blackrock Inc COM 09247x101 12408 48303 SH SOLE 43385 4918
Boeing Co/The COM 097023105 10012 116624 SH SOLE 103744 12880
British American Tobacco PLC SPONSORED ADR 110448107 9036 84405 SH SOLE 77001 7404
Broadcom Corp CL A 111320107 1031 29728 SH SOLE 29728
Brown Foreman Corp Cl B CL B 115637209 530 7423 SH SOLE 7423
Cablevision System Corp CL A NY CABLVS 12686c109 464 31001 SH SOLE 29627 1374
Calamos Strategic Total Ret COM SH BEN INT 128125101 182 17116 SH SOLE 8798 8318
Canadian Natural Resources COM 136385101 8828 274758 SH SOLE 241974 32784
Caterpillar COM 149123101 310 3560 SH SOLE 3560
CenturyLink, Inc COM 156700106 1719 48923 SH SOLE 47923 1000
Chevron Corp COM 166764100 3026 25465 SH SOLE 25465
Chimera Investment Corp COM 16934q109 138 43333 SH SOLE 43333
Cia de Bebidas das Americas SPONSORED ADR 20441W203 425 10041 SH SOLE 9627 414
Cisco Systems Inc. COM 17275r102 367 17586 SH SOLE 16148 1438
Citigroup Inc COM NEW 172967424 343 7747 SH SOLE 7747
Citi A Warrants Exp 01/04/19 *W EXP 01/04/201 172967226 15 28985 SH SOLE 28985
Coca Cola COM 191216100 751 18582 SH SOLE 18582
Colgate Palmolive COM 194162103 456 3866 SH SOLE 3866
Colony Financial Inc COM 19624r106 1154 52000 SH SOLE 52000
Comstock Mining Inc COM 205750102 28 14163 SH SOLE 14163
ConocoPhillips COM 20825c104 248 4127 SH SOLE 4127
Consumer Stples Sel Sectr SPDR SBI CONS STPLS 81369y308 260 6530 SH SOLE 6530
DCT Industrial Trust Inc COM 233153105 74 10000 SH sOLE 10000
Devon Energy COM 25179m103 5641 99977 SH SOLE 89022 10955
Diageo ADR SPON ADR NEW 25243q205 15919 126498 SH SOLE 109028 17470
Dole Food Company Inc COM 256603101 119 10919 SH SOLE 7871 3048
Dominion Resources VA COM 25746u109 410 7040 SH SOLE 6240 800
Doubleline Opportunistic CreditCOM 258623107 1577 58967 SH SOLE 44782 14185
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global COM 27829f108 409 43882 SH SOLE 41825 2057
Edwards Life Sciences COM 28176e108 787 9576 SH SOLE 9326 250
E I du Pontde Nemours & Co COM 263534109 226 4603 SH SOLE 4603
Eldorado Gold Corp COM 284902103 108 11330 SH SOLE 11330
Eli Lilly & Co. COM 532457108 522 9191 SH SOLE 9191
Emerson Electric COM 291011104 320 5728 SH SOLE 5728
Enterprise Products Prtners LP COM 293792107 1972 32702 SH SOLE 31902 800
Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231g102 2723 30215 SH SOLE 30215
Facebook Inc CL A 30303m102 331 12940 SH SOLE 12940
Ford Motor Co COM PAR $0.01 345370860 263 20021 SH SOLE 20021
Frontier Communications COM 35906a108 100 25000 SH SOLE 25000
General Dynamics COM 369550108 10789 153020 SH SOLE 135910 17110
General Electric Company COM 369604103 10126 437989 SH SOLE 393083 44906
Goldman Sachs Group Inv COM 38141g104 11117 75548 SH SOLE 67333 8215
Haliburton Company COM 406216101 339 8397 SH SOLE 8397
Home Depot Inc COM 437076102 352 5046 SH SOLE 5046
ING Clarion Global Real Estate COM 12504g100 217 22200 SH SOLE 17000 5200
Int'l Business Machines Corp COM 459200101 19711 92408 SH SOLE 81285 11122
Illinois Tool Works COM 452308109 268 4400 SH SOLE 4400
Intel Corp COM 458140100 563 25775 SH SOLE 25775
Interactive Brokers Grp Inc COM 45841n107 523 35070 SH SOLE 33661 1409
Intuitive Surgical Inc COM NEW 46120e602 270 550 SH SOLE 450 100
Invesco Van Kampen CA Value Mu COM 46132h106 262 19823 SH SOLE 19823
iShares Barclays TIPS Bond BARCLYS TIPS BD 464287176 1214 10014 SH SOLE 247 9767
iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund MSCI EAFE IDX 464287465 630 10687 SH SOLE 9838 849
iShares Silver Trusts ISHARES 46428q109 363 13230 SH SOLE 13230
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 21723 266442 SH SOLE 241803 24639
Morgan Chase COM 46625h100 235 4946 SH SOLE 4946
Kinder Morgan Energy LP UT LTD PARTNER 494550106 294 3277 SH SOLE 2677 600
Level 3 Communications COM NEW 52729n308 399 19663 SH SOLE 14627 5036
Live Nation Inc COM 538034109 187 15111 SH SOLE 11578 3533
Lockheed Martin Corp COM 539830109 449 4647 SH SOLE 4647
Macquarie Global Infrastr. Tot COM 55608d101 442 20857 SH SOLE 20628 229
Magellan Midstram Partners com unit rp lp 559080106 474 8872 SH SOLE 8872
McDonalds Corporation COM 580135101 671 6731 SH SOLE 6731
Microsoft Corp. COM 594918104 14272 498925 SH SOLE 444944 53981
Mondelez Intl CL A 609207105 10492 342700 SH SOLE 304941 37759
National Oilwell Varco Inc COM 637071101 764 10803 SH SOLE 10803
Nordstrom Inc COM 655664100 276 5000 SH SOLE 5000
Novartis AG ADR SPONSORED ADR 66987v109 16924 237559 SH SOLE 211558 26001
Nucor Corp COM 670346105 659 14279 SH SOLE 14279
Nuveen Build Amercia Bond Fd COM 67074c103 298 14200 SH SOLE 8750 5450
Nuveen Multi-Strategy Inc & Gr COM 67073b106 260 25329 SH SOLE 13432 11897
Nuveen Multi-Strategy Inc & G2 COM SHS 67073d102 200 19174 SH SOLE 3710 15464
Oaktree Capital Group LLC UNIT 99/99/9999 674001201 939 18400 SH SOLE 18400
Occidental Petroleum COM 674599105 9419 120182 SH SOLE 106077 14105
Oracle Corp COM 68389x105 530 16396 SH SOLE 12790 3606
Pacific Mercantile Bancorp COM 694552100 63 10802 SH SOLE 10802
PCM Fund Inc COM 69323t101 10686 811995 SH SOLE 754042 57953
Penn West Energy Trust COM 707887105 225 20906 SH SOLE 20906
Pepsico Inc COM 713448108 14369 181630 SH SOLE 160052 21579
Pfizer Inc. COM 717081103 3478 120498 SH SOLE 30498 90000
Phillip Morris International COM 718172109 19749 213016 SH SOLE 193150 19865
Pimco CA Muni Income Fund III COM 72201c109 1792 161702 SH SOLE 161702
Pimco Corp Opportunity COM 72201b101 261 12139 SH SOLE 12139
Pimco Income Fund COM 72201y101 3480 111893 SH SOLE 80900 30993
Pimco Income Strategy Fund COM 72201h108 668 50195 SH SOLE 49653 542
Pimco Income Strategy Fund II COM 72201j104 6910 602949 SH SOLE 548004 54945
Plains All American Pipeline UNIT LTD PARTN 726503105 390 6912 SH SOLE 6912
Potash Corp Sask Inc COM 73755l107 8049 205067 SH SOLE 180123 24944
Proctor & Gamble Co COM 742718109 400 5195 SH SOLE 3367 1828
Public Storage COM 74460d109 398 2611 SH SOLE 2611
Qualcomm Inc COM 747525103 20237 302308 SH SOLE 106183 196125
Realty Income Corp COM 756109104 2324 51247 SH SOLE 49844 1403
Regency Centers Corp COM 758849103 754 14250 SH SOLE 14250
Rentech Inc COM 760112102 100 42679 SH SOLE 31025 11654
Republic Services Inc. COM 760759100 15745 477121 SH SOLE 417065 60056
Retail Opportunity COM 76131n101 1414 100900 SH SOLE 98900 2000
Royal Dutch Shell Plc SPONS ADR A 780259206 373 5726 SH SOLE 5726
Rubicon Minerals corp COM 780911103 34 14000 SH SOLE 14000
Schlumberger Ltd COM 806857108 473 6312 SH SOLE 6312
Source Capital inc COM 836144105 522 8908 SH SOLE 8550 358
Southwest Airlines Co COM 844741108 149 11078 SH SOLE 8167 2911
SPDR BarCap St CAP S/T HI YLD 78468r408 858 27773 SH SOLE 27773
SPDR Gold Trust GOLD SHS 78463v107 1426 9232 SH SOLE 9232
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust TR UNIT 78462f103 1316 8402 SH SOLE 7119 1283
Starbucks Corp COM 855244109 279 4903 SH SOLE 4418 485
Starwood Property Trust COM 85571b105 1965 70800 SH SOLE 69800 1000
Suncor Energy Inc COM 867224107 5304 176753 SH SOLE 158713 18040
Teva Pharmeceutical ADR 881624209 10453 263444 SH SOLE 236395 27049
Ticc Capital Corp COM 87244t109 101 10126 SH SOLE 10126
TJX Cos Inc COM 872540109 9263 198140 SH SOLE 178253 19887
Total S A Spon ADR SPONSORED ADR 89151E109 686 14300 SH SOLE 14300
TSW Strategic Income Fund Inc COM 872340104 397 68245 SH SOLE 48743 19502
United Parcel Service CL B CL B 911312106 17539 204176 SH SOLE 181589 22587
United Technologies Corp COM 913017109 451 4826 SH SOLE 4826
US Bancorp COM NEW 902973304 448 13191 SH SOLE 13191
Vanguard Short Term Corporate sHRT TRM CORP BD 92206c409 200 2491 SH SOLE 2491
Ventas Inc COM 92276f100 840 11474 SH SOLE 11474
Verizon Communications COM 92343v104 514 10466 SH SOLE 10466
Walt Disney Co/The COM DISNEY 254687106 8676 152743 SH SOLE 133392 19351
Wells Fargo & Co COM 949746101 451 12202 SH SOLE 12202
Wells Fargo Multi-Sect Inc FD COM SHS 94987d101 850 51848 SH SOLE 44927 6921
Western Asset Emerging Mkts COM 95766a101 236 11139 SH SOLE 11139
Willis Group Holdings SHS g96666105 446 11304 SH SOLE 11187 117
World Wrestling Entertainment CL A 98156q108 443 50215 SH SOLE 49683 532