SECTION 16

                           LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY


    KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes,
designates and appoints Mark F. McElreath (the "Attorney-in-Fact"), a partner at
Alston & Bird LLP, outside legal counsel to Silvercrest Asset Management Group
Inc. (the "Company") with full power of substitution and power to act, as the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

      (1)   prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's
behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a
Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or
appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make
electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

      (2)   execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of the Company, Forms 3, 4, and 5 in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules thereunder;

      (3)   do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4,
or 5 regarding the Company and timely file such form with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

      (4)   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 best 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 Limited 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 rights and powers
herein granted, 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 designated 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 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

    This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 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 affixing his or her signature to this
Limited Power of Attorney, the undersigned hereby revokes any and all previously
executed Powers of Attorney for the same or similar purposes.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 20th day of April, 2020.



    By:    /s/ Richard R. Hough III
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    Name:  Richard R. Hough III
    Title: Chairman & Chief Executive Officer