Jason P. Stiehl is joining Crowell & Moring’s Chicago office as a partner in the firm’s litigation and technology and brand protection groups. Stiehl has experience representing companies in commercial litigation matters, trials and consumer class actions in state and federal courts, with a particular focus on corporate espionage, trade secrets, restrictive covenants and brand protection.• Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP has added Sameer V. Patel to its Chicago office as partner. Patel’s focus …