Cynthia Dinah Kinser (born December 20, 1951) is a Virginia lawyer who served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia.
Justice Kinser was elected by the Virginia General Assembly to her first 12-year term to the Virginia Supreme Court in 1998, after being appointed by Governor George Allen to fill a 1997 vacancy.
Justice Kinser was elected to a second 12-year term during the 2010 session of the General Assembly.
Justice Kinser became Chief Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court on February 1, 2011.
She is the first woman to hold the office of Chief Justice on the Court.