I was born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1960.  My parents are Bob and Jackie Zweigart, of Maysville, and my sister, Dr. Suzanne Richardson, resides in Columbus, Ohio.  I grew up in Maysville, where I attended Washington Elementary School, Mason County Middle School, and graduated in 1978 from Maysville High School. 

I attended Transylvania University where I received a B.A. in Sociology/Anthropology in 1982.  From the University of Kentucky, College of Education, I received a B.A. in Secondary Education - Biology, and a M.S. in Secondary Education - Science, in 1985 and 1986 respectively.  I obtained the Juris Doctor degree from the Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University in 1991.

From that time until 2008, I was a partner in the Maysville firm of Royse, Zweigart, Kirk, Brammer & Caudill, which was founded by his grandfather, Eugene C. Royse in 1935, and dissolved in 2015. 

I currently resides in Maysville, Kentucky with my wife and Office Manager, Barbie.  I serves on the Board of Directors for the Maysville Community and Technical College.  I am an active member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, and am licensed to practice law throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky, as well as the Federal District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky.