Ms. Waits was born and raised in the Kansas City Metro area attending Truman High School. Ms. Waits earned her Bachelor ‘s degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 2002. Prior to attending college, Ms. Waits began working in the legal field in 1998, where she was exposed to both criminal law and family law issues. Based upon this experience, Ms. Waits pursued her Certified Paralegal Certificate from Johnson County Community College, while continuing to work in the legal field focusing primarily on family law.
Ms. Waits then moved to Charleston, South Carolina to pursue her legal degree at the Charleston School of Law. In doing so, Ms. Waits enjoyed the distinction of graduating in the top 10% of her class, earning magna cum laude honors. During her tenure in law school, Ms. Waits was a member of the Charleston Law Review, Charleston School of Law Presidential Scholars Program and the Dr. Raymond S. Greenberg Presidential Scholars program through the Medical University of South Carolina.
Ms. Waits has dedicated her practice to Family Law and represents clients in the dissolution of marriages (divorce), modification of custody and child support actions, contempt actions, establishment of child support actions, adoption matters, paternity actions, and guardianship proceedings.
