Yaw earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Lycoming College in 1970 and his J.D. from American University in 1973. His professional experience includes working as a solicitor at the Lycoming County Prothonotary, as the general counsel at the Pennsylvania College of Technology, as a law clerk for President Judge Charles F. Greevy, as a construction worker, as a heavy equipment operator, and as a school bus driver. Currently, he is a partner at McNerney, Page, Vanderlin and Hall Law Firm. Yaw served as a first lieutenant in the United States Army from 1963 to 1967.
