Located and deeply rooted in Corpus Christi, Texas, our firm’s history dates to 1954, when brothers Toufic and Alfred Nicolas formed Nicolas & Nicolas, committing themselves to providing quality legal representation to South Texas.
In 1968, Pat Morris joined the firm, which adopted the name Nicolas & Morris. Mr. Morris retired in 1997, after a distinguished legal career as a general civil attorney with special emphasis on litigation and family law. Mr. Morris’s reputation was made by his intelligence, his trial skill, his fierce loyalty to clients, and profound integrity.
The exemplary legal career of Toufic Nicolas, who retired in 2010, spanned 55 years, during which he used the law, his intelligence, an extraordinary reserve of common sense, and his equal command of English and Spanish, to meet the legal needs of thousands of South Texas clients.
In 1983 and 1985, Mark Gilbreath and Robert Morris joined the firm. In 1984, the firm undertook title company representation, and began focusing more on real estate law. Bradley Smith joined the firm in 1989. In 1997, the firm adopted the name Nicolas, Morris, Gilbreath & Smith.
When Robert Morris acquired Security Title in 2020, leaving the practice of law to continue to grow that business, the firm changed its name to Gilbreath & Smith.
With the retirement of Bradley Smith at the end of 2024, the name has again changed to reflect Mr. Gilbreath’s solo status.
Mr. Gilbreath is committed to continue to deliver quality legal representation with an emphasis on real estate, business and wills and probate providing the client with superior, cost-effective representation.