Miroslav Popović was born in Banja Luka. He graduated from the School of Law, University of Banja Luka, in 2007. Following graduation, he completed his internship at the Basic Court in Banja Luka between 2007 and 2009, and passed his bar exam in April 2009, which is when he took a job at the RS Telecommunications company Banja Luka. He was appointed as a judge at the Basic Court in Prijedor in October 2015. In late 2017 he was appointed as Head of the Criminal Division of the Basic Court in Prijedor, and in 2019 as Vice-President of the Basic Court in Prijedor.

His professional education and development have been taking place through various types of training programs, seminars, round tables, conferences, professional courses, national as well as international. He has been a lecturer at seminars and training programs in criminal law.