Given the situation you outlined, I would strongly recommend you take the 22.5k now. It reduces all the risk and that extra 7.5k will be taxed at a higher rate. There is no reason to potentially damage your career long term (whether showing that you were in a lawsuit or because you don't have a large enough safety net and are forced to take another job that isn't ideal).

This way, you should have a significant amount of savings to be fine and take your time finding a job you want to be at rather than are forced to take. If you do find a job right away, you could always put more of that money in some type of savings vehicle.
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I'll take that as a compliment. As well as this, they, you and every other pronoun.

Got laid off and company doesn´t want to pay my Severance any advice?

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