Awards and Industry Recognition

Forbes

Top Wealth Advisors Best-In-State
2019
Top Wealth Management Teams Best-In-State
2026 • 2025 • 2023

About James

Jim Morehouse is an Executive Director and Wealth Advisor at J.P. Morgan Wealth Management.

As a co-founder of The JMT Group, Jim creates customized, comprehensive investment strategies for high-net-worth individuals, families, businesses and foundations. Intimately familiar with the challenges and opportunities accompanying substantial wealth, he takes a personalized approach to each client relationship, helping individuals discern goals and objectives through focused attention and tailored advice.

After launching his financial services career in early 2013 at Wells Fargo Advisors, where he served as a Senior Financial Advisor and Senior Vice President in the Investment division, Jim took a role with First Republic in 2022 as a Managing Director. He moved with his team to J.P. Morgan Wealth Management in 2023 in recognition of the firm's industry-leading breadth of resources and capabilities.

Jim earned a B.A. from California State University, Chico, and completed the Personal Financial Planning curriculum at UCLA. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his wife and three children, as well as golfing, traveling and helping coach his kids' sports teams.

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