Further reading:

Bill Lohmann, “Next Chief Justice Finds Strength in her Rural Roots,” Richmond Times-Dispatch, December 12, 2010. 

Lisa Underwood Mitchell and Pennie Duff, “Opening Virginia’s Southwest Trial Bar to Women: Three Profiles,” Virginia Bar News, Vol. 34, No. 10 (April 1986), 19-24.

Research collections:

Library of Virginia (Personal Papers Collection)
Richmond, Va.
Cynthia D. Kinser Papers, 1997-2014); 70 boxes.
Papers relating to Kinser’s tenure as justice and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. The collection includes case files, correspondence, subject files, and speeches. The case files are closed until 2045.  Finding aid available.