sentences:  In November 2005, he was unanimously elected by his fellow court members to a six-year term as chief justice to replace Wallace P. Carson, Jr. who vacated the top position on the court.De Muniz announced in October 2011 that he would not run for re-election in 2012 and would leave at the end of his term in January 2013.De Muniz registered as an insurance industry lobbyist five months after his retirement from the bench.