James M. Bedore

James Bedore is of counsel in Reinhart’s Corporate Law and Securities practices, and a former member of the firm’s board of directors. Jim advises clients on a wide range of corporate and securities matters, including mergers and acquisitions, public and private securities offerings, private equity transactions and other financing arrangements. He frequently works with companies on securities compliance, corporate governance, activist investor matters, shareholder engagement and executive compensation, and counsels boards of directors, special committees and other board committees in transactions, investigations, shareholder and activist investor matters and corporate governance issues.

Before returning Reinhart in 2025 (where he previously practiced from 1985 to 2018), Jim served for five years as executive vice president, secretary and general counsel of NCR Corporation. At the time of his joining the company, NCR was an $8 billion NYSE company with approximately 35,000 employees operating in more than 120 countries. In that role, he oversaw the company’s worldwide legal functions during a period of dynamic activity, including numerous acquisitions and a spin-off of NCR Atleos, the company’s $4 billion ATM and self-service banking business.