Woolford will join partners and managing directors Phil Lazzari, Mark Stevens and Eric Watson to comprise a team that will manage around $350 million in client assets. 

Besides JP Morgan, Woolford has also worked at UBS, Credit Suisse and Alex. Brown & Sons.

Snowden Lane now has seven offices nationally, including both coasts, with offices in Pasadena and San Diego , as well as its New York City headquarters; New Haven, CT; Pittsburgh, PA; and Baltimore and Bethesda, MD. The firm oversees around $2.5 billion.