Cynthia Kinser
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Cynthia Kinser is a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. Justice Kinser was appointed by Republican Governor George Allen in 1997.
Legal education
She received her bachelor's degree with honors from the University of Tennessee in 1974, and her law degree from the University of Virginia in 1977.
Legal experience
From 1977 to 1978, Justice Kinser served as law clerk to U.S. District Judge Glen M. Williams, Western District of Virginia. She subsequently entered private practice for one year, and then became the Attorney for Lee County, Virginia from 1980 to 1984. In 1984, Kinser went back into private practice for six years. In 1990, she served as a U.S. magistrate judge of the Western District of Virginia until 1997.
At the ceremony announcing her appointment, Governor Allen said of Justice Kinser, "She believes the purpose of judges is to interpret law, not to make it." Kinser, in her remarks, responded, "It is for the legislature to pass laws and, as a judge, it is not for me to agree or disagree but to apply the law to the facts of a case." Following news of her appointment, Clifton "Chip" Woodrum, a Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates, said that, though he was not familiar with Kinser's credentials. "Given the source, I would assume that she's no screaming liberal, and that she reflects Governor Allen's point of view."[1]
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