J Tod Hyche

Practice Areas

Tod's work in the wealth transfer planning area concerns all aspects of estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax planning.

His experience includes complex wills and revocable trusts, generation-skipping trusts, dynasty trusts, spousal lifetime access trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts, charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, charitable foundations, family limited partnerships, qualified personal residence trusts, sales to intentionally defective grantor trusts, post-mortem planning and estate and gift tax returns.

In the trusts and estates area, he represents trustees, personal representatives and beneficiaries during the administration process. He is involved with the decanting, modification, reformation and termination of irrevocable trusts.

Tod advises individuals, trusts and estates in disputes with the Internal Revenue Service and the South Carolina Department of Revenue.

He focuses on representing owners of family businesses and other closely held businesses in regard to the unique tax and nontax planning opportunities available to these businesses and their owners including the development of a practical and comprehensive business succession plan.

Also, Tod advises individuals, trustees and personal representatives in dispute resolution. If the disputes are in litigation, he works with a litigation attorney at the firm to resolve the dispute.

His clients consist of a broad range of individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, family-owned businesses, private foundations and other tax-exempt organizations.

Career

Tod was a partner at Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, which combined with Fox Rothschild in 2018. From 2008 until 2017, Tod served as a member of the Management Committee and was the Partner-in-Charge of the firm's Greenville office.

Tod also is the Past Chair of the Board of Directors of the Community Foundation of Greenville.

Professional Memberships

Greenville Estate Planning Council, current member, past president | Greenville Estate Planning Study Group | South Carolina Probate Code Revision Committee (Trust Code) | Community Foundation of Greenville Board of Directors (2001-present, Chair 2023)

Education