Yohannes earned a Bachelor of Arts from Seattle University and from George Washington Law School. In law school, he worked on the Eritrea-Ethiopian Claims Commission case at the Peace Palace in the Hague, Netherlands. Upon graduation, he worked with civil rights legend Lembhard G. Howell trying multiple police misconduct cases and litigating seven-figure personal injury cases. Yohannes opened his own law firm in 2012.
Yohannes has also served several immigrant and refugee organizations and nonprofits serving the poor. He is currently the outside general counsel for RVCDF. He is a 2015 graduate and current fellow of the prestigious Washington Leadership Institute, an organization run by the Washington State Bar Association and University of Washington, which advances leaders in the legal community. Yohannes is engaged in multiple bar associations, including the Loren Miller Bar Association (LMBA), the Washington Association of Justice (WSAJ), King County Bar Association and multiple skill classes.
Yohannes’ parents fled the war in Eritrea and arrived in the United States as refugees in 1981. His father was a cab driver and owner for 30 years. Yohannes enjoys helping immigrant business owners of all types, in particular, truck drivers, cab drivers and Uber/Lyft drivers.