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Mr. Peter C. Champagnie, K.C., J.P.

Mr. Peter C. Champagnie, K.C., J.P. serves as a consultant to Sayeed Bernard, and the two have appeared successfully together in numerous matters across the Jamaican courts. Mr. Champagnie regularly instructs Mr. Bernard, including in matters before the Court of Appeal, and the consultancy has produced a steady volume of work spanning a wide range of criminal and civil matters.

Mr. Champagnie has been consistently ranked as one of the leading criminal defence attorneys in Jamaica, having taken silk in 2020, earning the highest designation of an advocate. With over 30 years at the Bar, he has led numerous high-profile criminal and civil matters and has appeared in all courts in Jamaica, namely the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court, and the Parish Courts, in all serious criminal matters, including murder, rape and other sexual offences, complex fraud, larceny, and firearm-related offences.

Mr. Champagnie is also called to the Bar to practise in the Cayman Islands and has appeared at the Cayman Islands' Grand Court and Magistrate's Court. He is an expert defence attorney with an unmatched track record for success, and is well respected among his peers, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, and the Judiciary.

In 2012, Mr. Champagnie became a gazetted member of the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council. In 2014, he was elected a member of the Bar Council of the Jamaican Bar Association, where until recently he served as Chairman of the Criminal Law Practice and Procedure Committee of that Association.

Through his ongoing consultancy with Mr. Bernard, Mr. Champagnie continues to lend his considerable experience and standing to the matters they conduct together, to the benefit of the clients they represent.

Mr. Peter C. Champagnie, K.C., J.P.