Jean-Benoît Deschamps works as Crown Counsel for Prosecutions at British Columbia Prosecution Service (BCPS). He is the Administrative Crown Counsel for Bilingual Prosecutions and Co-Chair of the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Working Group on Access to Justice in Both Official Languages.

Previously, he worked as a Crown Counsel with the Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC) in various regions of the country, including Yellowknife. Together with PPSC and the BCPS, he has conducted a multitude of prosecutions in English and French, on various legal subjects and at all levels of court. He was also one of the Crown Counsel in the Tayo Tompouba case, which was decided by the Supreme Court of Canada in 2024. 

He studied at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law where he completed both his Master’s and Bachelor of Law degrees while serving as an assistant coach with the Geegees men’s hockey team. He was a law clerk at the Tax Court of Canada to the Associate Chief Justice. In addition, he was president of the Young Lawyers and Interns Committee and a member of the Board of Directors of the Association des juristes d’expression française de l’Ontario (AJEFO) during his studies.

Before beginning his studies in law, he earned a Master’s degree in History from the University of Pau in France as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Education and a Bachelor’s degree in Geography/History from the University of Moncton.