Board of Directors, Associate

Pete Slover

Partner, Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson
Austin, Texas

Pete Slover leads the Linebarger firm’s government relations strategy, cultivating relationships with key lawmakers and stakeholders, and advocating for the firms interests in the ever-evolving legislative landscape.

Pete joined Linebarger’s Homestead Exemption Analysis team as the Director of Analytics and Discovery in 2017. He has worked to provide assessment offices and professionals with guidance in the areas of exemptions, crafting robust data solutions and research services to assure that our Homestead Exemption Audit group delivers exemplary service to our clientele.

During that tenure, Pete attended IAAO Annual meetings and participated in IAAO task forces and committees: IAAO Legal Task Force (2019); IAAO Legal Conference Task Force (2020); IAAO Property Tax Assessment Policies and Practices (PTAPP) Task Force (2023); IAAO Finance Committee, (current, 2024)

His professional experience spans the public and private sectors. He managed a private legal practice, focusing on state and local tax and data-related matters. He also worked as the Director of Tax Analytics for Verus Financial, LCC, a firm that helped revenue agencies identify, audit, and collect money owed to states.

As a former Special Counsel and Director of Criminal Investigations for the Texas Comptroller, he led the development of legislation and technology for data-driven identification of state sales tax underpayments. Pete’s work for international clients and his experience with tax matters led to his appointment in 2015 as Honorary Consul for the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in Texas.

Mr. Slover earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from Southern Methodist University in Dallas in 1982 and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Texas Law School in Austin in 1986.