Brent Sykora

     Brent T. Sykora is currently an associate attorney with the Gilbreath Law Firm, PLLC in San Antonio, Texas. Brent was born in Waco, Texas and grew up in nearby Lorena where he graduated from Lorena High School in 1993. Brent attended McLennan Community College and Baylor University where he graduated cum laude (B.A. 1997). In 2001, Brent moved to Lubbock, Texas to study law at the Texas Tech University School of Law (J.D. 2004).

     Before attending law school, Brent worked for various corporations including Dell Computer Corp. and Raytheon Corp. While attending law school, Brent clerked under Chief Justice Brian J. Quinn of the 7th Court of Appeals of Texas in Amarillo, Texas. He also worked as a student attorney under Professor Marilyn E. Phelan with the Texas Tech University School of Law Tax Clinic. Prior to becoming an associate attorney with the Gilbreath Law Firm, Brent worked as a law clerk for Joe Gilbreath in San Antonio.

     Brent has experience working in several legal disciplines including contract law, real estate law, employment/labor law, tax law, and water law, amongst others. In 2003, he completed A Study of Texas Water Policy in the Edward's Aquifer Region of Texas, an academic research project under the assistance and supervision of Professor Gabriel Eckstein, Director of the Center for Water Law and Policy at Texas Tech University and advisor to the U.N. Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization and Ambassador Chusei Yamada of the U.N. International Law Commission.

     Brent is currently licensed to practice in Texas by the Supreme Court of Texas, and has been admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. Additionally, Mr. Sykora is a current member of the State Bar of Texas, the Federal Bar Association, and the San Antonio Bar Association.

     In addition to his work with the Gilbreath Law Firm, Brent currently sits on the Board of Library Advisors for Baylor University and on the Board of Directors and serves as secretary for the Alamo Pachyderm Club, a local public issues forum whose membership includes many local judges, attorneys, and business people. Additionally, Brent sits on the board of editors for the San Antonio Bar Association and has contributed as both a writer and editor for San Antonio Lawyer magazine and The Subpoena newsletter.