POWER OF ATTORNEY
(Sections 16 and 13(d))
              Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Bruno Carrijo, Paul Newton, Amy Djou and
Jamie Britton, signing singly, as the undersigned?s true and lawful
attorney-
in-fact to:

(a)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned?s capacity as an officer and/or director of First
Foundation Inc. (the ?Company?), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules thereunder;
(b)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Form ID of the
Securities and Exchange Commission to obtain personal code
numbers for the electronic filing of reports;
(c)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Schedule 13D or
Schedule 13G, or any amendment thereto, in accordance with
Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules thereunder;
(d)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to prepare,
complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, Form ID, or
Schedule 13D or 13G, prepare, complete and execute any amendment
or amendments thereto, and file any such forms with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange
or similar authority; and
(e)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may
be of benefit to, in the interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by
such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to
this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain
such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
such attorney-in-fact?s discretion.

              The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
foregoing rights and powers, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact?s substitute or substitutes,
shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of
the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned?s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 or Section 13(d)
of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
              This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 or
Schedule 13D or 13G with respect to the undersigned?s holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by
the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-
fact.

              IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 18th day of November, 2024.
/s/ Charles Allen Parker
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Charles Allen Parker
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