I started reading Marvel comics after the first Iron Man movie came out, but I didn't read any Daredevil until Mark Waid's recent run. That said, I encountered his character sometimes in Alias and Avengers comics. (I think he and Foggy were the very first issue of New Avengers, when there's a break-out on The Raft, which is one of the first comics I read.)

Also, prior to reading any DD comics, I read the ship_manifesto for Foggy/Matt, so I got a pretty good idea of the characters from that.

http://ship-manifesto.livejournal.com/167892.html