Zouhary was born in 1951 and raised in Toledo, Ohio[1] as the son of a Syrian father and a Lebanese mother.

He received a Juris Doctor from the University of Toledo College of Law in 1976.

He was in private practice in Toledo, Ohio from 2004 to 2005 with the law firm of Fuller & Henry and Robison, Curphey & O'Connell from 1976 to 1999.

He was briefly a judge on the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas from 2005 to 2006.

[5] Since that time, his involvement with a prisoner re-entry program has received media attention.