I have been on a jury, and I do, so it's possible.

He did represent Al Gore before the Supreme Court, although I suppose that's ancient history now. And he was involved in the SCO vs. Linux stuff.

I'm not even American and I know him for his role in the Theranos affair...

But they can sure as hell read subtle social cues that occur between the lawyers and the judge. I'd reason that those cues have an outsized impact on how the jury rules.

After he was Bill Clinton's attorney in televised impeachment hearings? You have to remember that the jurors' office casts a wide net. With the worst will in the world, the attorneys can't strike everyone who has heard of someone.

I’ll provide an opposite anecdote from the other responses. I have no idea who David Boies is.

Relevant:

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2000/03/microsoft-200003

I mean... David Boies is a pretty famous lawyer! There is likely a huge amount of people who recognize the name, even if they don't know anything about the person. The guy has been on cover of magazines!

Maybe _everyone_ on a jury is filtered out to only take people completely disconnected from society but.... probably not.

(case in point: many people on this website are not in legal professions yet recognize the name)

talk about disconnected from society. a lot of people have seen him on a magazine or heard the name on the news. along with about 20 other names. every day. for decades. and the name is forgotten an hour later, with a thousand other names.

as far as your point, the 1% of people here reading recognized the name. didn't know why, then googled and remembered. the jury is not here. it's '12 random people from the dmv,' and they don't recognize it, nor will they care to google it. they don't even know who steve jobs is, and won't google it on their iphone.