Zouhary was born in 1951 and raised in
Toledo, Ohio as the son of a
Syrian father and a
Lebanese mother. He received a
Bachelor of Arts degree from
Dartmouth College in 1973. 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 Senior Vice President and General Counsel, S.E. Johnson Companies, Inc. from 2000 to 2003. He was briefly a judge on the
Lucas County Court of Common Pleas from 2005 to 2006. Governor
Bob Taft appointed Zouhary to the Court of Common Pleas after Zouhary ran unsuccessfully in 2004. ==Federal judicial service==