While in college, Rebecca "Becky" Blake was sexually assaulted in an attack that left her unable to use her legs and confined to a wheelchair. She then joined Nelson and Murdock as their legal secretary, and worked successfully until the murder of Karen Page, after which she disappeared for a number of years. After a man was found attacking women at night, she confessed that he was the one who crippled her and ended his attacks. She reappeared as a lawyer some time later and was eventually invited to become a partner in Nelson, Blake and Murdock.