Later, when blind attorney Matt Murdock was imprisoned on suspicion of being Daredevil, his law partners Franklin "Foggy" Nelson and Becky Blake hired Dakota at the recommendation of Jessica Jones to provide security and do investigative work for the firm. While visiting Murdock with Foggy, the pair were ambushed; restrained during the attack, Dakota watched in horror as Foggy was stabbed repeatedly and seeming died en route to the hospital. Dakota began working with reporter Ben Urich to track down those behind the attack and used her contacts to learn a new Daredevil was on the streets, later learning it was Iron Fist (Danny Rand), who had been duped by corrupt attorney Alton Lennox in a complex plot against Murdock. Murdock soon escaped from jail, and with Dakota's help he tracked Lennox to Europe where the plot's mastermind, Vanessa Fisk, was exposed. Murdock returned to New York, the charges against him dropped, and Foggy's "death" was revealed to have been faked to place him in Witness Protection. In time, Murdock confided in Dakota that he truly was Daredevil, and she began aiding him regularly through several crises, including tracing the sudden insanity of Murdock's wife, Milla Donovan, to Daredevil's mind-altering foe Mr. Fear (Larry Cranston). At Murdock's request, Dakota reluctantly worked with parolee Carlos LaMuerto, the former Black Tarantula, but LaMuerto soon quit. Murdock grew more irritable and desperate when Milla was put into a mental institution after being released from jail, but Dakota continued working for Matt, putting him in his place when necessary. Dakota drove Murdock to visit Milla over the following weeks, and took him out for a drink when he learned he was not allowed to see Milla while she received treatment.