Kelly LaFollette earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of South Dakota in 1991. He then accepted employment with a large national insurance company, where he worked as a claim representative for more than six years and then joined the Special Investigative Unit where he investigated claims with indicators of insurance fraud for more than seven years. In 2005, Mr. LaFollette accepted employment with Leuwerke & Associates, later joining the start-up Independent Forensic Investigations Corp. Since then, Mr. LaFollette has conducted more than 2000 fire investigations. He is licensed in Iowa, Minnesota, and Kansas. He also holds the Small Unmanned Aircraft System certificate from the FAA.