Gail E. Boliver graduated with a law degree from Creighton University in 1979. He received an MBA from Arizona State University in 1976 and received a Masters degree in International Relations from Iowa State University in 2001.

He is a member and past board member of the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA). He is a member of the Iowa Association for Justice, the Iowa State Bar Association, the Nebraska Bar Association, the Omaha Bar Association, the Marshall County Bar Association, the Arizona State Bar Association, Arizona Association for Justice, Maricopa County Bar Association, East Valley (AZ) Bar Association and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).

He was commissioned in the USAF in 1971 and completed pilot training in 1972. He was an instructor pilot from 1972 to 1975. He left active duty in 1976. He joined the Air Force Reserves in 1980 and retired from the Iowa National Guard in 1999