Update from fb OP: After getting some leads from Ed OP did some digging. I guess this guy was an anti-gambling
lawyer but played poker himself.
Here’s what I can pin down on Austin Vorhes Wood of Wheeling, WV:
• Type of lawyer: From the record, Wood looks like a broad trial and appellate litigator who handled municipal defense, corporate/insurance matters, federal tax controversies, and estate/probate work. He also held a leadership role in the state bar’s Criminal Law section (chair, 1930–31), which suggests he worked in or closely with criminal practice, at least professionally within the bar.  
• Representative cases (illustrative, not exhaustive):
• Municipal/agency—City of Wheeling (1938): Aikman v. City of Wheeling, W. Va. Supreme Court of Appeals. Wood is listed among counsel for the City (“defendant in error”) in a suit concerning recovery of funds paid to the city; judgment for the plaintiff was affirmed. 
• Corporate/insurance receivership & regulation (1939): Hutchinson v. Fidelity Investment Ass’n, 4th Cir. Court of Appeals. Wood was counsel for the appellee association in a high-profile equity action about solvency and receivership; the SEC filed an amicus brief, underscoring the matter’s significance. 
• Federal tax controversy (1942): Fostoria Glass Co. v. Yoke, N.D.W.Va. Wood represented Fostoria in a refund suit over whether certain redemptions were essentially taxable dividends; the court agreed with the taxpayer on key issues. 
• Estate/creditors litigation (1940): Beuter v. Beuter, W. Va. Supreme Court of Appeals. The opinion notes “Austin V. Wood, attorney for Carrie Martin Beuter, deceased,” in a dispute over fees and distribution of an estate fund. 
• Confirming identity: An obituary for Austin V. Wood, Jr. (2005) names his father as Austin Vorhes Wood, Sr. of Wheeling, aligning with the name on your chip set and placing the elder Wood in the right time and city. 
Bottom line
Wood appears to have been a general civil litigator with notable appellate work who also engaged in criminal-law leadership within the West Virginia bar. His docket spanned municipal defense, insurance/financial regulation, federal tax litigation, and probate/creditor matters, with multiple published opinions showing him as counsel of record.    
If you’d like, I can also hunt for newspaper clippings/obits circa 1973 for Austin V. Wood, Sr. to flesh out his career and any community roles.
