J.J. Camp was called to the bar of British Columbia in 1970. He received his appointment as Queens Counsel in 1985. He was President of the British Columbia branch of the Canadian Bar Association in 1985-1986 and of the Canadian Bar Association in 1991-1992. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He has been called to the bar of several provinces and territories.

In the last 30 years J.J. Camp has concentrated his practice in product liability and aviation cases acting primarily for plaintiffs. Since the inception of the Class Proceedings Act in British Columbia in 1995, he has also practiced heavily in the area of class actions. For example, he was lead counsel in pursuing Hepatitis C litigation and in resolving that litigation on a pan-Canadian basis. The settlement amount was valued at $1.6 billion.

J.J. Camp is a frequent lecturer at continuing legal education courses across Canada. He has appeared on approximately 15 cases in the Supreme Court of Canada. He has established a reputation as one of Canada's leading litigation lawyers.

He has served as a director on the Board of Directors for the Vancouver Academy of Music, The Lawyers Inn and the British Columbia Public Interest Advocacy Center.