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RIA / WealthAdvisorChartered Financial Analyst29 years in industry

JOHN EMERY SAWYER

Advisor at FIRST FOUNDATION ADVISORS

Denver, CO

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 7:05 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 2
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 1
Observed: Jul 23, 2014 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

same identity by shared identifier, citation, or a bridge measured by hand

Private Equityidentity

John Emery Sawyer

same person, same CRD on Schedule A · confidence 95% · family precision 100%

Facts

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Current firm: FIRST FOUNDATION ADVISORS
Current firm class: independent wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Dec 9, 1996earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 29derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 0derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 1
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Designations: Chartered Financial Analyst
Exams: S63|S65
First exam: Dec 9, 1996
First registration: Jul 23, 2014
Dual registered: no
Other names: JOHN EMERY SAWYER|JOHN SAWYER
IAPD individual key: 2398228

Registration history

registration spans on IAPD; the basis says whether the span is a current registration or a prior employment record

Firm	Class	Began	Ended	Current	Branch	Basis
FIRST FOUNDATION ADVISORS	Independent wealth	Aug 14, 2026	n/a	yes	Denver, CO	Current employment
ST. JOHNS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC	Independent wealth	Jul 23, 2014	Oct 6, 2017	no	JACKSONVILLE, FL	Previous registration

Moves

a move is two registration dates; a bulk corporate re-registration is typed BULK_TRANSFER and is not a move

From	To	Left	Joined	Gap, days	Kind	Move type
ST. JOHNS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC	FIRST FOUNDATION ADVISORS	Oct 6, 2017	Aug 14, 2026	3,234	Firm change after gap	Other

Relationships

Registered with (2)

→ FIRST FOUNDATION ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Aug 14, 2026 to presentfactForm ADV
→ ST. JOHNS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 23, 2014 to Oct 6, 2017factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:25522f86-4f05-0c7c-e5a9-c798dc726411
First observed: Jul 23, 2014
Last observed: Sep 14, 2026 6 days ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
1 registered feed stand behind this record; each fact above carries its own dates and, where the publisher serves one, its document.
Resolution: Identity across graphs by shared identifier (CRD, CIK, EIN, ADV fund id, individual CRD) or citation; a name match is shown as a candidate and never merged.

JOHN EMERY SAWYER

Advisor at FIRST FOUNDATION ADVISORS

Denver, CO

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 7:05 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

FIRST FOUNDATION ADVISORS

Independent wealth

Aug 14, 2026

n/a

yes

Denver, CO

Current employment

ST. JOHNS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC

Independent wealth

Jul 23, 2014

Oct 6, 2017

JACKSONVILLE, FL

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

ST. JOHNS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC

FIRST FOUNDATION ADVISORS

Oct 6, 2017

Aug 14, 2026

3,234

Firm change after gap

Other