Work for Hire Dispute — former employee took trade secrets

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

former employee took trade secrets. I've been dealing with this for about 7 weeks now and the situation isn't improving.

This involves software/code I developed over the past 24 months. I do have documentation proving my ownership and timeline.

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

I work in this industry and unfortunately this is very common. The good news is that when people actually push back with legal representation, companies usually settle.

Not a lawyer, but I have direct experience with this.

I ended up having everything documented, which cost about $3-6 but saved me a lot more in the long run.

This happened to me too. Have you tried filing a complaint with the relevant agency? In my case they investigated and it got resolved without needing a lawyer.