dealing with software license audit threat

Looking for advice on a legal issue. Here's what happened.

software license audit threat. I've been dealing with this for about 6 months now and the situation isn't improving.

What are the risks if I pursue this? What's the likely timeline?

Been there. Here's what I learned.

The thing that gets people is hiring an attorney to send the initial letter. I'd recommend being patient with the process instead.

I've dealt with this before.

I ended up hiring an attorney to send the initial letter, which cost about $2-4 but saved me a lot more in the long run.