Dennis R. Waits

In 2011 I was charged with 2 misdemeanors from Blue Springs, MO. I needed a lawyer who could help me with my situation. I thought Dennis Waits might be the person to do it because he was a well established attorney in Independence, MO so I hired him. THAT WAS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE!!!!!!!! I ...gave him a down payment of $800(my tax refund) which he gladly accepted. When you hire a defense attorney, his job is to get the charges dismissed or brought to lower charges. He did absolutely nothing His plan for me was to just plead guilty. He had been on my case for about a year until I fully paid him off($2500 of my hard earned money). It was as if I just gave him the money and nothing more. I mean think about it. He did nothing for me. On my court date, I plead guilty on his advice. Was that "legal counsel" really worth $2500?Did he think I needed him to hold my hand in court and plead guilty? HE DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING BUT PLAY WITH HIS LITTLE DING A LING DURING THAT WHOLE YEAR HE HAD BEEN ON MY CASE!!!!!! I should have just got a public defender to represent me. Another thing about this inept attorney is that he will undermine the seriousness of your case. When I asked what he was going to do with my case, he response was "Oh just plead guilty. They are just misdemeanors. Misdemeanors are not serious crimes." I can not believe that this guy is even a lawyer. I now live with these two convictions on my record. It's scary to know that he has two daughters that practice law, Paige and Courtney. DENNIS WAITS IS A BIG JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!