Attorney not communicating?

My attorney had not respond to my phone calls for 4 months of leaving messages. Finally I called someone from the office he worked at yesterday that inform me he was no longer there and had moved out of state. I took the advice of a yahoo responder and left a message stating "If I did not hear from him within 24 hrs I would contact the Bar Board " . Well, today I did receive a call from him and he sounded apologeticl and had his reason for not getting back with me for example that he has started a family, his phone calls not being forwarded by the office he left, and his mail not being forwarded. He assured me that he still come to my state to handle his cases and it would have no affect on my workers comp case or prolong it. Not forsure if I am 100% convince on what I was told. Can anyone tell me if they ever experience this issue with not responding in an appropiate time? Have anyone ever had an attorney live in one state and travel back to another to handle cases? If so does it cause it problems regarding resolving issue that may arise? Should I have my file transfer to someone locally or would this make my case drag out longer. I have been dealing with a workers comp case for yrs now.