McHenry County was the first court in the country to test a set of civil case management reforms backed by a national judicial organization. But it was arguably a strange place to begin.For one, there was no backlog to clear up. In fact, civil filings in the 22nd Judicial Circuit Court have dropped dramatically, from more than 12,600 in 2010 to just over 5,600 in 2016.And the lawyers who routinely practice in the Woodstock courthouse were skeptical of the batch of proposals by judges and administrators from across the …