Our Team
Alvin L. Thomas, II
Alvin Thomas founded General Counsel Consulting Services, LLC (GCCS) in 2010 to provide high-quality legal services at reasonable rates.
Before GCCS, he held executive roles at Global Geophysical Services and Synagro Technologies, where he guided IPOs, managed acquisitions, and oversaw legal and compliance matters for publicly traded companies. His legal expertise spans energy, environmental, corporate, employment law, and more, including international oil and gas and renewable energy projects.
Alvin holds a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and an LLM in Taxation from NYU. He began his career in tax law at Fulbright & Jaworski. He later specialized in employment law and litigation at Littler Mendelson. Licensed to practice in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas and Florida and as a solicitor in England, he leverages over 30 years of legal experience to deliver strategic counsel to businesses.
Thomas Lankford
With more than 12 years of corporate legal department experience, Thomas joined Alvin at GCCS in 2018. While Thomas is well versed in many disciplines, his primary concentration has been counsel to energy, oil & gas, environmental, engineering, and construction companies.
Thomas spent the vast majority of his legal career as in-house counsel for companies within the energy sector, which included General Counsel roles at Great Lakes Geophysical and Amp Up Energy. Prior to becoming a licensed attorney, Thomas served in operational positions with upstream service providers where he managed complex projects both in the US and overseas. Given his unique background in both operations as well as legal, Thomas has the ability to maintain an insider’s perspective on client needs, harbors good business sense, and brings an entrepreneurial approach to his client’s development.
After completing his undergrad studies at Texas State University-San Marcos, Thomas graduated from South Texas College of Law-Houston in 2011 and is licensed to practice in the State of Texas.
H. Scott Bethune
Scott started his legal career as a litigator in the financial services industry, representing a wide variety of clients including national and local banks. He has also represented clients in maritime, oil and gas, and construction matters against both domestic and foreign parties.
He has experience with a wide range of matters, including trademark and copyright law disputes, and environmental litigation involving regulations such as the Oil Pollution Act (OPA), the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Scott now focuses on commercial law matters, including helping companies manage and protect their intellectual property portfolios.
After receiving an LLB (Hons) from Edinburgh University, Scotland, Scott graduated from the Franklin Pierce Law Center in 2002 with a JD and an LLM in Intellectual Property. He augmented his legal education in 2018, earning an MBA from the University of Houston. Scott is licensed to practice law in both Texas and New York.
Scott joined the GCCS team in 2021.