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 undersigneds true and lawful
attorney-in- fact to:

(a) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigneds
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-facts 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-facts 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 undersigneds 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 undersigneds 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 31st day of July, 2024.

/s/ Sam Edelson
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Sam Edelson
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