Marcus Tappe

Attorney at Righi Fitch Law Group
Mr. Tappe is a partner at Righi Fitch Law Group. As a dedicated and effective litigator and trial attorney, Mr. Tappe has focused his practice in insurance defense and construction defect litigation, where he has handled a diversity of civil matters, including insurance bad faith, breach of contract, breach of warranty, subrogation, and premises liability claims. Mr. Tappe’s current practice is concentrated on the representation of developers, contractors, businesses and individuals in tort and construction litigation, primarily in the areas of construction defects, general liability, and insurance coverage. In his practice, he has successfully defended and pursued cases through judgment at trial, secured payment on behalf of his clients, and litigated numerous issues taken up on appellate review. Notably, Mr. Tappe was the trial attorney for contractor Sirrah Enterprises, L.L.C. in Sirrah Enterprises, L.L.C. v. Wunderlich, 242 Ariz. 542, 399 P.3d 89 (2017), where he secured a verdict in favor of his client against an owner-builder for breach of contract and obtained a defense verdict on the owner’s counterclaim for breach of contract. Mr. Tappe presently serves as on the Board for the Construction Section of the Maricopa County Bar Association (MCBA), and he has been a frequent contributing author for The Maricopa Lawyer.