Cynthia Dinah Kinser (born December 20, 1951) is an American lawyer who served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia.
[2] Prior to being appointed to the Supreme Court by Governor George Felix Allen, Kinser served as law clerk Judge Glen Morgan Williams of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia from 1977 to 1978.
She then entered lawyer private practice from 1978 to 1979 and served as Commonwealth's Attorney for Lee County, Virginia from 1980 to 1984.
[3] On May 2, 1997, Governor George Allen appointed Kisner to the Virginia Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Justice Roscoe B. Stephenson Jr. She began active service on July 8, 1997.
[3][4] On May 5, 2015, Kinser began a position as senior counsel with the Roanoke-based law firm Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, LLP.