This installment of the Daily Business Review’s coverage of the August primary elections features Q&As with Michael McAuliffe and Sarah L. Willis, both of whom are vying for Palm Beach Circuit Court judge, Group 25. A third candidate, Henry Quinn Johnson, is also running but did not respond to requests for comment. Here’s what McAuliffe and Willis had to say about what qualifies them for the bench. Responses have been edited for style and content.

Michael McAuliffe

McAuliffe is a shareholder at Atherton McAuliffe & Reeder in West Palm Beach, where he focuses on litigation matters in state and federal courts and counsels businesses and individual clients on disputes, compliance matters and investigations. In 2008, McAuliffe was state attorney for the Palm Beach Circuit. In addition, from 2012 to 2016, he served as general counsel of Oxbow Carbon.