Neil Coig, Owner of nolaIP, is a Louisiana native, born in New Orleans, and raised in Metairie and Mandeville, Louisiana. Upon graduating Mandeville High School, he moved to Baton Rouge and attended LSU, earning a Baccalaureate of Science degree in Marketing with a Chemistry sub-curriculum while being an intern at Louisiana Sea Grant. Immediately following, he completed LSU Law School while clerking for one of his law professors, ultimately obtaining his Juris Doctorate. Neil was subsequently licensed to practice law in the State of Louisiana and Texas, registered as a Patent Agent before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and was licensed a Real Estate Agent before the Louisiana Real Estate Commission.

Neil is currently a member of the Louisiana, Baton Rouge, Federal and American Bar Associations, and is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association. He also is a past Chair and serves on the Baton Rouge Bar Association's Volunteer Committee and has served as Chair of the Association's Technology Committee as well as serving as treasurer for the Louisiana State Bar’s Intellectual Property Section. He has additionally served as an instructor for multiple Technology-related Continuing Education programs. Neil was the Marshall of the White Chapter of the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity at Louisiana State University Law Center, and continues as an Alumni Advisor to current members at LSU and surrounding schools.